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Re: Query about analog mail system

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From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1987 17:13
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In article <1804@botter.cs.vu.nl>, ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:

> The U.S. Postal Service has some slogan about neither rain nor sleet nor
> gloom of night not distracting their couriers from their appointed rounds.

	yeah...   but it's still only a penny a day for delivery !!!

--mjr();

(actually, I believe the above quote has never applied to the US Snail.
Wasn't it some king of the ancient's couriers ?)
-- 
Once, there was NO fun... 
This was before MENU planning, FASHION statements or NAUTILUS equipment...
Then, in 1985..  FUN was completely encoded in this tiny MICROCHIP...  
It contains 14,768 vaguely amusing SIT-COM pilots!!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!mimsy!aplcen!osiris!mjr
References: <1804@botter.cs.vu.nl>

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From: mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Query about analog mail system
Message-ID: <1491@osiris.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 87 17:13:41 GMT
References: <1804@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: Institute For Felinographical Studies
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Summary: yeah, but...